Credit card rates Spark Canadian parliamentary inquiry
MP Reg Stackhouse leads a Finance Committee probe into why 1980s Canada keeps high card interest while loan, mortgage rates fall. He cites Bank of Montreal cooperation gaps and cites U S lower rates, Union Privilege Mastercard and proposed caps. committee awaits recommendations to force lenders into line.
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Canada
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